Busanjin Shijang, or "Jin market"

At this place you can find a variety of goods, hanboks, crockery, order food for special occasions (weddings), traditional gifts, fabrics, cloths and a lot more. 

Business Hours: 8.00 am - 8.30 pm.

Where to find?
Take subway line 1 to Beomil station.

Take exit 8 and walk till you see the building below.

Candle House at Sodong (Jisepo); Spa, Coffee, Steak and more

Building along road 14 opposite Daemyeong Resort, before Beverly Hills Waterfront. Take the side road after Big Burger to right at the warning lights. Not allowed to go right at the traffic lights in front of the resort.

You can find in this building the following business:

Two Some Place (coffee shop), 9.00 am – 11.00 pm (3^rd Floor)

With a terrace

Thai Massage Spa; closed from 9.00 – 11.00 am. (3^rd Floor), 

Really nice massage and ambiance. They put you in your own room, there is a good changing room with facilities as a shower and towels, and more..

Entrance

For reservations: 055-681-0036

Fish restaurant (ground floor)

Chicken 678 (ground floor)

Chef Choin New York Steakhouse, 11.30 am – 3.00 pm

                                                         Break 3.00 – 5.00 pm

                                                          Last order at 9.00 pm.

Review Choin New York;

You can choose from set menu’s, or Steak, Pizza or Pasta.

The price quality is good, and the quantity also, you don’t need to order side dishes. After the meal you can take free coffee. (2^nd Floor) Price - quality ratio is good.

Mario del Monaco and Starbucks opposite Cheomseongdae

On a rainy day in Gyeongju, last visit I experienced the same, is it nice to try some coffee shops. This one has a view on Cheomseongdae, the oldest astrological observatory in the Far East.
The coffee and the tea are good, but expensive, KRW 5000 each. It has a unique atmosphere, so I guess that's why.

Past the test.

A little further along the road was a recent opened Starbucks. We had to try some desserts, yummy.
Afterwards we drove a block to see what to visit for the next day.

Geoje Folk Museum; closed

At the map of Geoje Island there is a museum pointed out. So we drove road 5 and then took road 11. After some 4 km at the left, yes, that's the entrance. That looks promissing! 

But a little walk further, a closed kiosk for the entrance fee. Where are the houses?  The lady who was sitting outside, disappeared very fast, so nobody to ask a question. But inspection learned that the museum doesn't exist anymore.
A lot of rubbish every where. But the garden is well kept.

Let's make a call.

Nice kimchi pots and a few statue's outside.

Andong and Hahoe

In a short time I visited Andong twice, once a on a day trip and the second time a two days visit. It’s a four hour drive from Geoje. The easiest way was to put the telephonenumber of the “Mask museum” (054-8412896) in the navigation system. But in Andong the sign’s are very clear.

The Mask museum is near the entrance of Hahoe Maeul (village). You can park your car and there is a shuttle bus between the carpark and the entrance of the village.. The hightlight was the folkvillage Hahoe, Queen Elizabeth also visited this place, where the people still lives. It’s a special place because the houses faces the river instead of the south, and the second reason is that you can find thatched roofs and larger yangban houses from wood with stone. The surroundings are also worthwile if you like nice landscapes.

But the place has more to offer . Next to Hahoe you can find Byeongsan Seowon. You have drive a bit on a dirt road laeding to the shrine which worship Ryu Seongryong a famous Confusian scholar. Very special are the pillars which have the orginal shape (bending) of the tree.

On the way to the Bongjeongsa Temple, we paida visit to the Hanji paper factory. You can still see how they make the paper and they sell a really huge selection with special colored and patterned paper.

The Bongjeongsa Temple is Korea’s  oldest wooden structure and the biggest temple in Andong.

At the end of the day, around 4 p.m. it’s nice to go to Andong’s Folk Museum. They have a nice display of the life in early age. After closing time you can still visit the buildings, or have a walk along the river and cross the wooden bridge, Wolyeong Bridge. In the evening it’s worth to try the famous chicken dish, Andong Jjimdak. The best place is at the traditional market. We stayed at a so called “love hotel”, Goryeo Hotel, but with us, just families were checking in. The hotel is situated excellent near the centre of the town. From the hotel you can easily walk into the new and the traditional center of Andong. They don’t serve breakfast but there are many coffee shops which opens early, recommended is “Mammoth” in the center. For the next day we saved the Dosan Confucian School and the Icheon-dong Maayeoraeipsang or the Stone Buddha or Amitaba Buddha along road number 5 to the north. This sounds easy, but we took some wrong arms of road 5. But look for signs for the village Icheong-dong and you will find it.

There are a lot more things to visit, but life is all about making a choice!

Dish, restaurant

A new restaurant in Okpo. They claim to cook Italian, but according to mine opinion it's a little fusion, but not Korean.
The steak and the Pasta Bolognese were tasty. Think that's value for money. But try by yourself.

Carbonara

Directions: situated along road 58 at the right-hand-side coming from road 14, or at so called "Starbucks street".

Spoons; All Day Brunch

Walking at Chuseok through Okpo to see if there is a place to drink coffee and get something to eat.
It was after a few steps that it was clear that Spoons hasn't closed the doors. It said "all day brunch", so we gave it a try. 
An Americano and a Cappuccino.

KRW 3000 and KRW 4000

For lunch a Ceasar salad and a Pannini.

KRW 15,000, a real meal!

Address: #101 Bokwang Century, 553-4 Okpo1-dong
Business Hour: Weekdays 04:00-20:00
                       Saturday 03:00-15:00

Direction: "Restaurant street" at Okpo
From road 14 coming from the unnels, to the right after Beverly Hills II. 
A little bit further at your left-hand-side.
Opposite "Lemon Table".

B.Bless, Homeware Shop and presents

Two month’s ago a new shop, called B.bless, opened in Okpo.!
The shop sells all different kinds of things to decorate your home, and it also has some nice crockery for your kitchen. !

After all the rain we've recently had in Okpo I decided to buy some colourful rain boots. I don't have a picture of the boots that I bought , but you can go into the shop and have a look for yourself. !

Directions: start walking from Starbucks to GSSupermarket and after the Eider shop and before the Mini-stop go right. 

After Eider to the right.

Walk on a little bit further and you will find B.bless on your right-hand-side on a corner.!





Business hours of the shop are: 10.00 a.m. –8.00 p.m.!

10.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.